Steeplejack Takes Selfie Video From Top Spire Of NYC’s Chrysler Building
This is a selfie video captured by steeplejack (a tradesman who scales buildings to inspect/repair them, originally named for climbing church steeples) James Marksbury while hanging onto the top spire of the Chrysler Building in New York City at approximately 1,000-feet. For reference, I’m just over 6’1″, so he’s at
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Woopsie: Mom Leaves Zero-Turn Lawnmower Doing Donuts In Yard
This is a video of a woman who left a zero-turn lawnmower doing donuts in the yard and is trying smack its handle with a rake to stop it. Shouldn’t there be some sort of failsafe that prevents this from happening? I feel like somebody tampered with this machine to
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Pouring Out A Carnivorous Pitcher Plant After It’s Eaten A Mouse
This is a video of Damian from California Carnivores pouring out a hybrid Nepenthes pitcher plant (Nepenthes truncata x Nepenthes lowii) that caught and digested a small rodent, likely a mouse. In the wilds of Borneo, Nepenthes lowii produces a substance that attracts tree shrews, which come and eat the
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BASE Jumper Skateboards Off Side Of Bridge
This is a video of French BASE jumper Jumaidee Elias 50/50 grinding his way off the side of the Millau Viaduct bridge on a skateboard near Millau in Southern France. Thankfully for him, he wasn’t hit in the head with his board on the way down and knocked unconscious the
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Little Girl Drags Unruly Brother Through Walmart
This is a short video from Walmart of a young girl dragging her unruly brother (who refused to stand up and walk) through the aisles of the store. Per the girl after dropping him off at her parents’ feet: “You look silly.” Damn, that would have launched me into a
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Okaaaay: CG Simulation Of Dropping Crowds Of People Into A Helicopter Rotor
Because everybody needs a hobby and some of those hobbies really shouldn’t be broadcast but here we are anyways, this is a video simulation of CG animator and Youtuber atomic marvel dropping groups of 18, 36, and 72 humans into the main rotor of a military helicopter. Things certainly don’t
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Giant Cat Optical Illusion On Digital Billboard
This is a curved digital billboard above Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station that will display a giant cat optical illusion through the day, because that’s exactly what the world needs more of. I swear, Japan is always ahead of the curve. Some more info: According to TimeOut, “the cat will have its
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Aliens!: A Macro Timelapse Of Ladybugs Hatching
This is a macro timelapse video from Another Perspective (previously) of a cluster of ladybug eggs hatching into scary little aliens. Who knew ladybug babies were so terrifying looking? But they’re so cute when they get older. For reference, humans are the exact opposite. I was cute as a baby,
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